Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve

As part of our mission, YDWP will continue to collect as much scientific data as we can to document the conditions of the watershed. We will be conducting a Breeding Bird Survey on June 12, 2010 and need more people to help collect information. If you like to go birding or just to be outdoors, [...]

We are taking the cause down to Lansing as we rally on the capitol steps. Please read below for more information and attend if you can!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
11:00 am – Gather on the Capitol Lawn
11:30 – 2:00pm Reading of the Environmental Justice Petition
                                 Reading a Tribal Rights Statement
                                 Performance – There are many musicians [...]

This morning I witnessed a scene that I hoped I never would. As most of you know, a group of citizens, both tribal and non, have been occupying the land known as Eagle Rock for over a month now. They have tents up, a cooking shelter, a sacred fire, and flags flying in the wind [...]

Drew Nelson, acclaimed singer and songwriter, recently released his latest song, entitled Eagle Rock-Song for the People. This is a wonderful song that tells of the story of our struggle to keep the Yellow Dog Plains free from pollutants and accessible for all to enjoy. “This is not a local problem, it is a global [...]

Another way to support the efforts of our group is to read through the principles of environmental justice and the accompanying letter created by the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve.  We believe that the main tenets of environmental justice have been violated throughout the entire process thus far. Attached to this post are accompanying materials such [...]